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The Running Public

Episode 551: How Much Vert Should You Be Doing?

The Running Public

Kirk Dewindt & Brakken Kraker

Running, Sports:running, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Sports

4.9704 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

A listener sent us a reel that gives a simple calculation for determining how much vertical gain every runner should be doing. Is it perfect? Just okay? Terrible?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the running public with Brack and Crocker and Kirk DeWint.

0:13.1

Whether you are a brand new runner or you already have a great mustache.

0:16.4

We're here to help you increase your running knowledge and present it at a practical level.

0:20.5

This is the running public.

0:30.2

When you're ready to take your training or racing to the next level, go to the running

0:34.3

public.com.

0:35.7

We have both monthly subscription training plans,

0:39.3

1999 a month, and Bracken and I both offer one-on-one customized coaching. Again, go to

0:45.1

the running public.com and check out our offerings. Kirk, we just, I'm going to call you out here

0:51.7

in a good way. I think maybe just a real way.

1:03.7

We just got done on two episodes ago, I believe, talking about how from time to time we have a day where one person's like, listen, I may just, I don't know what you're going to get for me today. And that's the exact phrase you gave me today.

1:06.1

Whoops.

1:07.0

At a time where I'm at my most distracted with this third day of school sitting here and it's chaos.

1:14.7

Anyway, as a result, we're going to do something that I think we both kind of enjoy doing in a weird way.

1:22.6

First of all, winners rise to the occasion and we're winners, bracken.

1:26.5

I want to be here and I choose to be here, and I love it here.

1:31.0

So don't kid yourself, folks.

1:32.8

No, we love being here.

1:33.8

Just sometimes we are at a, this is compromised podcasting sometimes.

1:37.6

Ooh, we could coin that.

1:39.3

Everyone gets a low points in their day.

1:41.3

Sometimes you have them and you still have to get your work done.

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